OpenAI: ‘We Just Reached Human-level Reasoning’.

Surely, it is worth taking a few moments to reflect on the claim from OpenAI that we’ve reached ‘human-level reasoning’ in their o1 series of AI models? I scrutinize Altman’s dev day comments (picking out 4 highlights) and cover the most recent papers and analysis of o1’s capabilities. Then, what the colossal new valuation means for OpenAI and the context you might not has realized. We’ll look further down the ‘Levels of AGI’ chart, cover a NotebookLM update, and end with a powerful question over whether we should, ultimately, be aiming to automate OpenAI.Assembly AI Speech to Text: https://www.assemblyai.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=influencer&utm_campaign=ai_explained https://www.assemblyai.com/blog/ald-improvements/AI Insiders: https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedChapters:00:00 – Introduction 00:52 – Human-level Problem Solvers?03:22 – Very Steep Progress + Huge Gap Coming04:23 – Scientists React 05:44 – SciCode 06:55 – Benchmarks Harder to Make + Mensa07:30 – Agents 08:36 – For-profit and Funding Blocker09:45 – AGI Clause + Microsoft Definition11:23 – Gates Shift12:43 – NotebookLM Update + Assembly 14:11 – Automating OpenAIReuters Funding-block Exclusive: https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-tells-investor-not-invest-five-ai-startups-including-sutskevers-ssi-2024-10-02/?s=09OpenAI Scaling AGI: https://openai.com/index/scale-the-benefits-of-ai/NYT Revenue Story: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/technology/openai-chatgpt-investors-funding.htmlFor Profit Move: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/how-openai-cfo-sarah-friar-is-keeping-startup-flush-with-cash?utm_campaign=Editorial&utm_content=Article&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_source=twitter&rc=sy0ihqBloomberg Levels Chart: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-11/openai-sets-levels-to-track-progress-toward-superintelligent-ai?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=emailScientists React, in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03169-9Math prof: https://x.com/robertghrist/status/1841462507543949581?t=5zV3VpQI0mbrSU9_QRtfkQ&s=19AGI Clause: https://openai.com/our-structure/Microsoft Sci-fi: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/do-more-with-ai/artificial-general-intelligence?form=MA13KPMensa Tweet: https://x.com/JgaltTweets/status/1836093456831402481Sci-Code: https://x.com/OfirPress/status/1841509950679396387https://arxiv.org/pdf/2407.13168FT Agentic Systems 2025: https://www.ft.com/content/30677465-33bb-4f74-a8e6-239980091f7ahttps://the-decoder.com/bill-gates-does-not-expect-gpt-5-to-be-much-better-than-gpt-4/Bill Gates Turnaround: https://x.com/tsarnick/status/1839915272179986905OpenAI Preparedness Framework: https://cdn.openai.com/openai-preparedness-framework-beta.pdfhttps://openai.com/global-affairs/openai-s-comment-to-the-ntia-on-open-model-weights/NotebookLM: https://notebooklm.google/ https://x.com/stevenbjohnson/status/1839352311732391990My Coursera Course - The 8 Most Controversial Terms in AI: https://imp.i384100.net/m57g3MNon-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/I use Descript to edit my videos (no pauses or filler words!): https://get.descript.com/ldgxfuj2bhnbMany people expense AI Insiders for work. Feel free to use the Template in the 'About Section' of my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices